Lives of the Archbishops of Canterbury, Vol. 12 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from Lives of the Archbishops of Canterbury, Vol. 12

In compiling this Index there have been two or three especial difficulties to contend with. As would naturally happen in a work of this kind, facts relating to the life of one Archbishop are frequently mentioned in the lives of his immediate predecessors and successors. These facts have been dealt with chronologically and not according to the succession of pages, so as to form as far as possible a continuous analysis of each life.

All English bishops have been arranged under the headings of their several sees; in those cases where they have successively occupied more than one see, they will usually be found under that one to which they were last translated, with cross-references under their names when it seemed necessary. Thus Lanfranc will be found under 'Canterbury, Archbishops of,' with a cross-reference under his own name.

It has often been difficult to decide the question whether to put a man under his Christian name or under his surname. For the most part it has seemed best to give the preference to the surname, except when it appeared that he was better known by his Christian name.

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